Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Haugan, Gørill"
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Assessing quality of life in older adults: psychometric properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire in a nursing home population
Haugan, Gørill; Drageset, Jorunn; Andre, Beate; Kukulu, Kamile; Mugisha, James; Utvær, Britt Karin Støen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01-02)Background: Well-adapted and validated quality-of-life measurement models for the nursing home population are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to test the psychometrical properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire ... -
Associations between nurse–patient interaction and loneliness among cognitively intact nursing home residents – a questionnaire survey
Drageset, Jorunn; Haugan, Gørill (Journal article, 2021)Nursing home (NH) residents risk loneliness because of many losses. Nurse–patient interaction includes core aspects contributing to thriving and well-being among long-term NH residents. We performed a cross-sectional ... -
Associations between nurse–patient interaction and sense of coherence among cognitively intact nursing home residents
Drageset, Jorunn; Taasen, Siv Eriksen; Espehaug, Birgitte; Kuven, Britt Moene; Eide, Wenche Mjanger; Rinnan, Eva; Andre, Beate; Haugan, Gørill (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim: To investigate the association between nurse–patient interaction and sense of coherence among cognitively intact nursing home residents. Method: In a cross-sectional design, data were collected in 2017 and 2018 using ... -
Crucial aspects promoting meaning and purpose in life: perceptions of nursing home residents
Drageset, Jorunn; Haugan, Gørill; Tranvåg, Oscar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-30)Background: Meaning and purpose in life are fundamental to human beings. In changing times, with an aging population and increased life expectancy, the need for health care services and long-term care is likely to grow. ... -
Despite symptom severity, do nursing home residents experience joy-of-life? The associations between joy-of-life and symptom severity in Norwegian nursing home residents
Rinnan, Eva; Andre, Beate; Espnes, Geir Arild; Drageset, Jorunn; Garåsen, Helge; Haugan, Gørill (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Finding new approaches to increase health and well-being among nursing home (NH) residents is highly warranted. From a holistic perspective, several Norwegian municipalities have implemented the certification ... -
Joy of life in nursing homes: A qualitative study of what constitutes the essence of joy of life in elderly individuals living in Norwegian nursing homes
Rinnan, Eva; Andre, Beate; Drageset, Jorunn; Garåsen, Helge; Espnes, Geir Arild; Haugan, Gørill (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08-02)Background: Finding new approaches to increase positive health and well-being of elderly individuals living in nursing homes (NH) is highly warranted. Several Norwegian municipalities have implemented the certification ... -
Joy-of-life in cognitively intact nursing home residents: the impact of the nurse-patient interaction
Haugan, Gørill; Eide, Wenche Mjanger; Andre, Beate; Wu, Vivien Xi; Rinnan, Eva; Taasen, Siv Eriksen; Kuven, Britt Moene; Drageset, Jorunn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: The nursing‐home population is at a high risk of declined well‐being and quality of life. Finding approaches to increase well‐being among older adults in nursing‐homes is highly warranted. Responding to this ... -
Nurse-patient interaction and self-transcendence: assets for a meaningful life in nursing home residents?
Haugan, Gørill; Kuven, Britt Moene; Eide, Wenche Mjanger; Siv, Eriksen Taasen; Rinnan, Eva; Xi Wu, Vivien; Drageset, Jorunn; Andre, Beate (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Due to the shift to an older population worldwide and an increased need for 24-h care, finding new and alternative approaches to increase wellbeing among nursing home (NH) residents is highly warranted. To guide ... -
Salutogenic nursing home care: Antonovsky’s salutogenic health theory as a guide to wellbeing
Drageset, Sigrunn; Ellingsen, Sidsel; Haugan, Gørill (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The nursing home (NH) population is characterized by a high symptom burden resulting from chronic illnesses and functional impairments that cannot be cured. Most long-term NH residents are in the last phase of life and in ...